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Water Instead of Ink: Is this the Future of Printing

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Konica Minolta Opens Doors to Customer Engagement

Centre in Singapore

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Flint Group Publishes 2017 Sustainability Report

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Premium packaging to drive digital printing adoption

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SciFutures: From Storytelling to Storydoing

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HP launches its new learning Academy in

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The 3D Printing Solution in Asia Pacific

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Inline color measuring and controlling system

now available

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Dedicated end-to-end security printing ecosystem

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5 Packaging Trends in 2017

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Fuji Xerox Helps Japanese Customer Expand

Business Overseas

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The Proof is in the Packaging

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Industrial print production with ErgoTronic AutoRun

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Making Print Advertisements to Interactive Experiences

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Massive growth for Massivit 3D printer

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Bobst boosts presence in Vietnam

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EFI won EDP award for Best Textile Printer

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Water Instead of Ink: Is this the Future of Printing Our digitalized world gives us the opportunity to save money and resources by organizing tasks on a computer. But according to a study carried out by the German Ministry of Environment Germans use about 250 kg paper per year and capita.

A Chinese team of scientists has now developed a smart and resourceefficient alternative: Rewritable paper that can be printed on with water instead of ink.

Our digitalized world gives us the opportunity to save money and

resources by organizing tasks on a computer. But according to a study carried out by the German Ministry of Environment Germans use about 250 kg paper per year and capita. Especially in offices the paper waste is enormous: More than 10.000 sheets are printed each year. Mostly they end up in the bin after being read once. A Chinese team of scientists has now developed a smart and resource-efficient alternative: Rewritable paper that can be printed on with water instead of ink.

Sean Zhan, professor at the Jilin University in China invented the new printing technology. “The greatest problems of our time are the energy crisis, global warming, and of course the destruction of our environment.

Excessive paper consumption is directly connected to that”, says Zhang.

In order to counteract the waste of paper the scientist and his team found a practical solution.

Water ink can be used on any inkjet The result of their research is intelligent printing paper that is coated with invisible ink. When the paper comes in contact with water the ink becomes visible and lasts for about 20 hours.

After that it disappears and the paper can be used again. Thus one sheet of the innovative paper can be re-used up to 50 times. Especially handy is that a new printer is not needed since water works with normal inkjet printers. This leads to a cost saving of 99 per cent in comparison to printing with regular ink.

The concept of reusable paper is not new: Many attempts have been made to reduce the usage of paper in the past.

But until now the solutions were either very expensive or toxic substances were needed. Sean Zhan’s approach for the first time combines economic with ecologic aspects.

“From our point of view we paved the way for sustainable printing processes”, the Chinese team of scientists sums up their invention. The future will show whether the water printer takes root in our offices.

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Limitless Possibilities Be free to grow with the endless applications of the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press

HP Indigo has reinvented versatility so that you can create unique solutions for your brand customers, to set them and yourself apart from the competition. The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press thrives in the most demanding converting environments to deliver the highest quality for the world’s leading brands. And with Pack Ready, you can deliver high performance applications with immediate time to market.

As with all HP Indigo Digital Presses, you can take advantage of HP PrintOS, an open and secure cloud-based print production operating system to help you get more out of your HP presses and printers, simplify and automate your production process and enable new forms of collaboration.

Reinvent your ability to be unique, with the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press.

Find out more: hp.com/go/hpindigo20000 and hp.com/go/PrintOS Š 2017 HP Development Company, L.P.

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Konica Minolta Opens Engagement Centre in The flagship centre and showroom aims to serve the regional growing needs of industrial printing market.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia (BSA) announced the opening of its Customer Engagement Centre (CEC) at Techlink Singapore, 31 Kaki Bukit Road. The 5,600-square foot centre is a strategic investment to drive the company's industrial printing business in Southeast Asia.

The new CEC will have facilities that aim to provide value added services for customers to meet market demands of the industrial printing. The centre will showcase latest digital print technologies and customers will be able to test and view the versatility of the print applications. Customers can do print applications with digital solution like decorative embellishments, labels and digital metallic colours on print

applications such as book jackets, direct mails, cards and others.

Industrial printing market is fast changing. Digital technologies and innovation are now driven by high-mix, small-lot production that meet market demands for low print run achieved in a shorter lead time giving variable results and a higher value. There are also new digital processes such as varnishing, foil stamping, glitter, and holographic effects which can be achieved in much shorter production delivery times. “The industrial printing market is estimated at USD$450 billion globally, and Asia is one of the world's fastest growing markets. Being a digital company, Konica Minolta aims to deliver new value to the industrial printing industry and will be working

with customers to help them explore opportunities and boost their revenue through higher value print services by being closer to customers in this region,� said Tadyuki Funakura, managing director of Konica Minolta BSA. The event also served as a launchpad for the MGI Meteor Unlimited Colors press and roll to roll label printer bizhub c71cf. The new machines were on demo, along with the MGI JetVarnish 3DS with iFoil S, which was first launched to the region in the beginning of 2016.

MGI Meteor Unlimited Colors Konica Minolta BSA announced the availability of the MGI Meteor

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faster delivery times, personalisation and multiple SKUs.

Unlimited Colors series. First launched at drupa 2016, the series features MGI Meteor digital presses fully integrated with the iFOIL module to create inline printing and foiling solutions.

By blending CMYK toner and the reflective qualities of the foil, the press is able to produce a wide array of colours, including a rainbow spectrum of shades with metallic, glitter and holographic effects.

Bizhub Press C71cf label printer In addition, the bizhub Press C71cf, Konica Minolta’s first roll-to-roll machine for the label industry, is now

available to the region. The digital press targets label printers who are looking to shift volumes from offset to digital to meet demands for shorter run lengths,

The bizhub Press C71cf utilises dry toner and does not require pre-coating of substrates. Print substrates include pressure-sensitive paper in gloss, semigloss or matte finishes to wine stocks, white BOPP, PET and polypropylene.

The press prints full CMYK colour, at 1200dpi x 1200dpi and supports a maximum paper width of 320mm. The machine prints at speeds up to 13.5m/ min.

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Flint Group Publishes 2017 Sustainability Report Flint Group has announced publication of its 2017 Sustainability Report providing the most comprehensive and accurate view of the organisation’s sustainability performance to date.

“We are proud to be able to share the progress that has been made over the past two years, in what has been an exciting and transformational period for our business.” said Antoine Fady, CEO Flint Group. He continued, “As our organisation has continued to grow we have maintained a strong focus on building and consolidating on our sustainability culture, taking some important steps to measure and reduce our environmental footprint.”

Aligned to the Dow Jones Sustainable Index, the report outlines the Group’s performance in three key areas— Social, Economic and Environment— detailing the way in which Flint Group has incorporated sustainable business practices into its daily activities. This year’s report also features a significant emphasis on Flint Group’s approach to measuring energy, expanding its scope and focus to not only review energy usage but also evaluate the energy intensity to provide a greater depth of understanding and transparency within its sustainability reporting.

“We are delighted to introduce our 2017 Sustainability Report, which explores in depth the progress we have made in 2015

and 2016 on our sustainability journey,” says Russell Taylor, Senior VicePresident Global Human Resources with leadership responsibility for Flint Group’s sustainability programme. He continues, “We have been encouraged by our achievements to date, stepping up our focus on environmental measurement and reporting, initiating many important improvement projects and working to further embed sustainability practises firmly within the core of our organisation. We recognise fully we are on a journey with so much yet to be done - but that progress is very encouraging and importantly is built on authentic and solid foundations.”

“Within the report you will find many examples of how the organisation has strived to understand and respond to our customers’ precise needs, empowered our people and give back time and resources to our local communities. The sheer energy and commitment of so many Flint Group teams around the world to this subject is quite remarkable and humbling. ” Since its formation in 2005, Flint Group has continued to deliver market-leading sustainable solutions and has adopted

a strategic approach to sustainability— based on the organisations own Mission and Guiding and Principles.

This approach not only ensures alignment to business strategy but also to its organisational goal of operating in a manner that maximises product performance and makes strong financial sense - whilst minimising any negative impact of its operations on the environment.

As one of the leading suppliers to the Printing and Packaging industries, Flint Group remains committed to implementing initiatives that support continual improvement in all areas – including sustainability. The report is intended to serve as a flagship document for stakeholders to help understand Flint Group’s ongoing commitment to sustainability.

Flint Group’s 2017 Sustainability report is now available to download online.

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Premium packaging to driv According to new report on global digital print market for packaging, a shift from labels to other forms of packaging will be driven by a demand for premium packaging.

Research and Markets announced the addition of a report projecting on the global digital printing market for packaging from 2017 to 2021. Analysts forecast the market to grow at a CAGR of 10.58% during this period.

The report stipulates that the latest trend gaining momentum in the digital printing market is a shift from labels to other packaging types. This is evident from the reduction in market shares and the low growth rate of labels during the forecast period.

According to the report, one of the major drivers for this market is increased demand for premium packaging. Premium packaging has high unit cost and is targeted toward specific customers. High preference is given to product design and appearance by investing more money.

The premium packaging market was approximately worth $15 billion in

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ve digital printing adoption 2016. Premium packaging is mainly used for cosmetics, alcoholic drinks, and household items. Cosmetic segments had the highest market share by revenue of around 40%, followed by alcoholic drinks in 2016. The increased demand for premium packaging for products, such as cosmetics and household items is mainly from developed and mature markets such as the US, Japan, and Western Europe.

Further, the report states that one of the major factors hindering the growth

of this market is dominance of analog technology. Analog printing holds the largest share of the global printing market for packaging. In 2016, the share of analog printing in packaging was 91.47%. It is a traditional way of printing for packaging and labeling and includes several processes, such as letterpress, xylography, flexography, lithography, and offset labeling. Most of the packaging and labeling companies use this method of printing because of its various advantages.

The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global digital printing market for packaging market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated by different vendors through sales of digital printing in various packaging types, such as labels, flexible plastic, corrugated and folding cartons, and other packaging types. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market, including HP, Flint, Xerox and DuPont.

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SciFutures: From Storytelling to Storydoing Often new printing technologies and possibilities sound like coming straight from a Science-Fiction movie. Or were you able to imagine solar cells and living organs or bones coming out of a printer some years ago?

So, the challenge for all innovative technologies always is to make clear that there will be a need for it in future making it worth researching on it now.

SciFutures helps companies to face this challenge by using Science-Fiction storytelling and prototype building as a tool.

Often new printing technologies and marketing solutions sound like coming straight from a Science-Fiction movie.

Or were you able to imagine solar cells and living organs or bonescoming out of a printer some years ago? So, the challenge for all innovative technologies always is to make clear that there will be a need for it in future making it worth researching on it now. SciFutures helps

companies to face this challenge by using Science-Fiction storytelling and prototype building as a tool.

Telling Stories in an Unconventional Way Some of the largest multi-billion dollar companies like Visa or Ford have already collaborated with SciFutures in the past. One essential element of SciFutures‘ workflow contains the creation of a Science-Fiction comic which shows how people might use a new technology in the future embedded in a thrilling storyline.

Science-Fiction succeeds by conveying the effects of future technologies on characters readers can relate to. To obtain the best result regarding this, the

small consulting and prototyping startup works with a network of more than 100 Science-Fiction writers.

Hershey Company, for example, has built a system to 3D-print chocolate but they were unsure if chocolate customers would recognize the printer’s usefulness for their daily lives.

SciFutures helped Hershey showing their clients its benefits by creating a graphic novel that illustrates how people might use this printer in the future.

Marketing with Stories You Can Touch In case the new technology only exists in theory SciFutures‘ working progress revolves around building a prototype of the innovation. For Lowe’s Companies Inc SciFutures built the HoloRoom. It is a 20-by-20-foot space where customers can envision how Lowe’s products like furniture or flooring would look in their own homes via an Augmented Reality headset.

With a tablet, they can pick up various products. By the way: HoloRoom is inspired by Science-Fiction as well: It imitates the Holodeck, a fictitious room from the TV series „Star Trek“ that creates real-looking environments suitable for experiments.

Bringing products and technologies to life with Science-Fiction is an easy way to attract the attention of potential clients and show them the technology’s relevance in their daily life.

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HP launches its new learn Singapore The centre aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the printing industry across Asia Pacific and Japan.

HP Inc. unveiled a new multimilliondollar Graphics Solutions Service (GSS) Learning Academy dedicated to providing enhanced professional development and training to accelerate the digital transformation of the printing industry across Asia Pacific and Japan.

At a time when printing is rapidly evolving from analog to digital, training and development on the latest digital transformation technologies are vital for print services providers and professionals in the print industry.

The HP Graphics Solutions Service Learning Academy will provide a highly effective learning experience for over

1000 customers, production managers, engineers and operators from across the region, over the next 12 months.

Pee Beng Kong, Director of Electronics, Singapore Economic Development Board said: “We are pleased that HP has chosen Singapore to set up its Learning Academy.

The Learning Academy will help to upskill and equip our workforce with capabilities in digital printing.”

The HP Graphics Solutions Service Learning Academy will develop production managers, operators, service engineers and application engineers through a blended learning model. The curriculum of over 50

courses includes on-site hands-on-training, selfpaced modular eLearning, instructor-led webinars and online assessment tools. Participants in the Academy will have the opportunity to attend general training courses that create a deeper awareness about the enormous potential of digital printing and how it can empower businesses to do more, as well as product training courses such as HP Indigo operator level 1, level 2 and color management.

The 1,700 square-metre training facility at the HP Graphics Solutions Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Tuas has been renovated and includes seven training classrooms, handson Digital Printing Press workshops, remote monitoring and diagnostic command centre, and a next-generation product and solution training room.

The facility also showcases the latest printing solutions including HP Indigo Digital Presses, HP Sign & Display Presses and HP DesignJet Printers.

“As we work to create technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere, we recognise that we are at the threshold of a huge digital transformation,” said Michael Boyle, General Manager, Graphic Solutions Business, HP Asia Pacific & Japan.

“HP is committed to providing the necessary skills, development and support that will empower businesses, brands and print service providers across Asia Pacific and Japan to take advantage of the growth in digital printing market.”

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HP is committed to leading the analogto-digital transformation across Asia Pacific and Japan by reinventing not only the approach to print but also providing critical skills development and knowledge transfer. The company continues to see strong customer

adoptions with converters around the world having purchased more than 120 HP Indigo Series 4 large format digital presses for packaging since their release in 2014, half in the past year alone. HP Indigo’s narrow-web Series 3 labels and packaging presses, including

the HP Indigo 12000 and HP Indigo WS6800 digital presses, have reached 2000 installed units in Asia Pacific and Japan. HP Latex Printers have now reached more than 42,000 Latex printers installed worldwide since their Introduction in 2009.

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The 3D Printing Solution in Asia Pacific The HP Jet Fusion 3D printing solution is now commercially available throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

HP Inc. announced the commercial availability of its award-winning Jet Fusion 3D Printing solution and the expansion of its 3D printing business across the Asia-Pacific region.

In addition to the launch, HP, together with its partners, will be unveiling 3D Printing Reference and Experience Centers in Beijing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shanghai, Suzhou, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, and Melbourne.

The centres are designed to enable companies to engage with HP’s Jet Fusion 3D Printing solutions in production scenarios. Testing and qualification of new 3D printing usecases will be enabled in controlled environments, providing customers a simpler path to advance from prototyping to full scale 3D production.

HP previously unveiled more than a dozen 3D Printing Reference and Experience Centers in the U.S. and

Europe and plans to continue adding more facilities as it expands its 3D printing business.

“We are on the cusp of a transformation in manufacturing, enabled by new technologies such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence and robotics. We are excited to introduce HP’s commercial 3D printing solution to reinvent manufacturing in Asia Pacific, delivering much higher speeds and lower costs while enabling on-

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17 demand, low- volume production. HP is building a strong community of local resellers and materials partners as well as customer experience centers that will provide comprehensive support to help our customers leverage this transformation,� said Richard Bailey, President, HP Inc. Asia Pacific and Japan.

HP also announced it is extending its Partner First 3D Printing Specialization reseller program to the Asia-Pacific region and adding more than a dozen new partners.

China-based companies, Shining 3D ePrint and Infinite 3D Printing are the latest companies to join the HP Partner First 3D Printing Specialization reseller program. The two companies will be deploying HP 3D printing solutions in over 50 facilities.

The program now has more than 40 members across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, including new partners Aurora, AM Korea, ECSS, evok3d, Eye2Eye, FormX, Huxen, Hyunwoo Data, Trustworthy, Wenpoo, and 3D Pro, and will continue to expand to

serve Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia as it extends its reach beyond North America and Europe. Additional partners and countries will be added to the program as HP continues to broaden its business across the region.

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Inline color measurin system now available Manroland InlineColorPilot automatic inline color measuring and controlling system now available on the ROLAND 500 series.

Precise color measurement on every run Fully proven on the large format and 3B format sectors, the ROLAND InlineColorPilot is regarded as the market leader in terms of speed and precision in measuring and controlling colors. The module measures and regulates ink density during the job run without having to stop the press and pull the sheets for inspection.

Consistent print quality is therefore maintained from the first approved sheet to the last one in the pile.

Complete documentation of the print run has extra benefits: it's the ideal digitalized tool for quality control and it helps to analyze and resolve customer complaints.

sensor with polarizing filter – which is immune to reflections from wet ink and scattered light -- is used for measuring. The RGB flash illumination corresponds with the color of the filters used for normal densitometrical measurements, allowing the printer to easily adapt standardized printing in accordance with ISO 12647-2 in their production. Optional okBalance® maximizes printing stability while InlineRegister offers further flexibility in having the workshop process integrated. Lab values of the color can also be simultaneously measured with an optional online system, by adapting this combination the ProcessMonitor is a perfect solution for overall quality analysis according to the ISO standard.

Many ingenious technical solutions are embedded in the system to ensure the best measuring result. There's colored flash illumination that enables the complete print control strip to be measured within three sheets – regardless of the number of colors printed. A high-resolution CCD

Profitable arm in 0B segment As the most flexible and productive press in the 0B segment, the ROLAND 500 is designed for high-end applications requiring high speed, flexibility and quality. Among its class, it has the world’s flattest sheet travel, so the ROLAND 500 is capable of handling

substrates of up to 1 millimeter thick and speeds of up to 18,000 sheets per hour. These are crucial preconditions to deliver outstanding printing quality in diverse application environments.

Users of the ROLAND 500 also have the option of going with the 0B plus format (590 x 744 mm). It is

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ng and controlling e Best combination When applying the latest combination, the benefits are obvious. Thanks to the inline automatic functions, test sheets no longer need to be pulled out of the machine during a print run, therefore stable ink-water balance is preserved.

In tandem with the CIP3-based ink slides presetting measures, the InlineColorPilot helps shorten overall make-ready time and significantly reduces wasted sheets.

One vital component of the InlineColorPilot is the log of measurement results. This can be used for the purpose of quality control – and for the analysis and resolution of customer complaints. The module also drives down energy costs. Over the long run, it guarantees maximum return on investment. Combined with the outstanding working capacity of the ROLAND 500 press, this produces amazing results.

Huge leap towards full automation The InlineColorPilot offers enhanced automated production to printers looking to set up a future-oriented business model. Color variations on the print job during production are automatically detected and processed by the module in association with the ROLAND inking system. It works well with presetting by the IntegrationPilot system, automatic plate changing and washing systems, and logistic systems – indeed, the future of autoprint!

particularly ideal for long runs of small format jobs, i.e. labels, greeting cards, coupons, security printing and special poster formats, among others.

The ROLAND 500 adopts a wide range of automated technologies to further shorten the make-ready time and minimize the number of personnel

required for a print job. The operator even has extra time to attend to other tasks such as preparing for the next print job. Examples include format settings, washing systems, air settings, QuickChange technologies and, of course, the newest InlineColorPilot module.

“It’s exciting news for ROLAND 500 fans like us,” says Mr. Frenki Bezjak, Managing Director of Druckerei Hauserpresse GmbH, who is investing the first InlineColorPilot on its ROLAND 500 press. “Now the job of our operators becomes much easier.

Premium print quality is guaranteed.

Even our most demanding customers will be happy with the quality of our products. When our customers are happy, we are happy too!”

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Dedicated end-to-end security printing ecosystem Agfa Graphics has released new versions of two elements within its Arziro ecosystem for the general security printing market.

Arziro Design 3.0 drives comprehensive and flexible security printing, offering new security design features and integration with Arziro Authenticate 2.0 – the updated version of Agfa Graphics’ ultra-safe, encrypted distribution platform. Both solutions will be displayed at the Graphitec trade fair from 30 May to June 1 in Paris.

Complete solution, seamless compatibility With the availability of new technologies, counterfeiting is on the rise, posing serious risks to businesses, governments and individuals worldwide. Pushing the boundaries of novel design, complexity and discretion, the Arziro ecosystem is capable of outsmarting forgers while streamlining the design process and production workflows of certificates, breeder documents, security cards, labels, stamps, vouchers, tickets, packages and

more. The newest upgrade – Arziro Design 3.0 – offers full integration with Arziro Authenticate 2.0 as well as enhanced compatibility and functionality.

“With Arziro Design 3.0, users have the ability to develop extremely complex designs quickly and easily through a dedicated plugin,” says Andy Grant, Global Head of Software at Agfa Graphics. “On Mac or PC, users can smoothly work in the latest versions of Adobe Illustrator, enriching designs with customized security elements and using new tools and functions that aid in creating even more unique and complex security graphics. The upgrade also includes a brand-new module connecting it seamlessly with Arziro Authenticate as well as Arziro Plus, an advanced module for governments and security printers.”

Linking design, security and encrypted authentication Arziro Authenticate 2.0 adds an even deeper layer of safety and security to the design sharing process by combining a dynamically generated QR code with a secure graphic. Anybody can check the authenticity of a design, document or solution by scanning its code via a smartphone, enabling at the same time the product owner to receive insightful user data in the process. With even greater business-focused functionality, Arziro Authenticate 2.0 includes additional functionality for driving customer engagement, e-commerce and supply chain management (track & trace) but also the possibility to create hybrid codes. For these hybrid codes, the security elements are printed in offset, flexo or gravure and the serialization elements are printed during a separate process with a digital printer such as an industrial inkjet printer.

“Totally integrable with Arziro Design 3.0, this upgrade of Arziro Authenticate is so much more than a secure authentication solution. It comes with new alert functionality, incorporates Google Analytics tools and supports hybrid codes and even more supply chain management (SCM) tags that can be customized according to intended markets or distributors,” Arziro Plus: powered by possibility The premium version of Arziro is only available to certified security printers and governmental departments. Arziro Plus offers users complete security design freedom. For example, it comes with a new module, Arziro Blend, which generates new elements based on one or more selected elements with specific line distances and line weights, for even more design possibilities.

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5 Packaging Trends in 2017 Every year the print and packaging industry are challenged to reinvent themselves by developing better technologies or more innovative ideas. 2017 is an exciting year for every player in the industry with companies able to show off some new designs and creations. We gathered for you some of the trends and packaging ideas of this year.

1. It’s All About the User Experience The decision to buy a product begins with the packaging. Brands have to get the awareness of their customers with creative designs and give them a special moment when discovering a new product. iF Design Award winner Metsä Board shows in an interesting way how product and packaging can harmonize. This eye-catching design for the Victorinox Rescue Tool simulates the functions the product with its design so that the consumer gets a unique experience.

2. Hidden Messages on Products Designers constantly experiment with new forms and materials to make

packagings special: This design, for instance, has two faces: When the bottle is full, it shows one message when and another when the consumer emptied it.

Temperature-sensitive packaging is not something fairly new, but 2016 brought some interesting designs with it such as this bottle design from blk water.

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Leap ahead and say yes to any opportunity

HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press

HP Indigo 7900 Digital Press

HP Indigo 5900 Digital Press

HP Indigo has reinvented how breakthrough productivity, superior quality and unmatched versatility come together so that you can keep reinventing your applications and increase your profitability.

Discover the unique capabilities of the B2/29” HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press, with even higher print quality and virtually unlimited media gamut.

Diversify your offerings with the HP Indigo 7900 Digital Press using major innovations in productivity and application range. The word’s best-selling A3 press just keeps getting better. Or get started with the HP Indigo 5900 Digital Press, with all the benefits of Indigo quality and versatility, now including the Production Pro DFE. As with all HP Indigo Digital Presses you can take advantage of HP PrintOS, an open and secure cloud-based print production operating system to help you get more out of your HP presses and printers, simplify and automate your production process and enable new forms of collaboration.

Set yourself apart with HP Indigo’s quality and application range.

Find out more: hp.com/go/commercialprinting and hp.com/go/PrintOS © 2017 HP Development Company, L.P.

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24 are. The smart trend does not stop with packaging. Today, packaging is designed to tell consumers how fresh a product is, if it is still usable or communicate other information. One example is this intelligent food packaging from the Swedish Startup iFoodbag. It is made from a composite material, which can protect frozen and chilled food up to 24 hours.

5. Taking Care of the Ecological Footprint People more and more become aware of environmental matters and therefore care about what they buy, 3. Shapes Wherever You Look Our world is full of circles, squares, triangles and so on. Packaging designers have embraced this in many of 2016’s packaging ideas. Be it for beauty products, food or beverage packaging – shapes can be found everywhere, for instance in this design for Corinne Cosmetics by Designer Anna Trympali.

4. Smart is the New Packaging With the rise of the Internet of Things many products can be connected to the internet, help consumers find a taxi, the right clothes or tell them how fit they where they eat and how their products are produced. Even in packaging, this trend shows in various ideas of how to make them more sustainable. This first fully-renewable bio-based Tetra Pak is a perfect example of this trend. It is developed by Tetra Rex and consists of a combination of plastics derived from sugar cane and paperboard.

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Fuji Xerox Helps Ja Expand Business Ov Utilizing Fuji Xerox’s global sales network, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. is supporting Kyoshin Paper & Package Co., Ltd., a leading paper container and package printing and manufacturing company based in Kobe, Japan, to expand its business into overseas markets.

Digital package printing is a growing Note1 market and through this support for Kyoshin Paper & Package, Fuji Xerox aims to promote further expansion of the digital printing market as a whole.

Fuji Xerox supported one of its Premier Partners Note2, Kyoshin Paper & Package, to find a local printing firm from among Fuji Xerox’s overseas Premier Partner network that are interested in expanding business in package printing. By serving as an intermediate in negotiations between Kyoshin Paper & Package and an overseas printing firm as well as supporting the process until contracts are signed between the two, in addition to providing linguistic and other overall assistance, Fuji Xerox intends to increase the number of companies that enter the digital package printing market using Fuji Xerox’s production printers, with the aim of vitalizing the market.

After contracts are signed, Fuji Xerox’s local sales companies will assist in

smooth communication between Kyoshin Paper & Package and local printing firms as well as in matters concerning printing itself.

Kyoshin Paper & Package will quickly expand its business overseas by utilizing Fuji Xerox’s global sales network, providing local printing firms with consulting services concerning the production and sales of paper containers and packages while also granting the firms a franchise for the localized version of Hacoplay, an online package printing service site with proven popularity in Japan, which is equipped with an online price quotation system. Kyoshin Paper & Package aims to advance into five countries within two years through support from Fuji Xerox.

While this collaboration will enable Kyoshin Paper & Package to accelerate its overseas expansion, it will also allow Fuji Xerox to accumulate knowhow concerning package printing by introducing the Hacoplay business

to local printing firms that use Fuji Xerox’s production printers. Fuji Xerox also aims to expand the printon-demand package printing market in the Asia-Pacific region. Through this collaboration, both companies will share each other’s ideas and knowhow with a view to establishing a longterm partnership, including joint development of a new printing system.

As product variety is becoming increasingly diversified and product cycles are being shortened, the printing industry is under need to quickly

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apanese Customer verseas Note1 According to the market report “The Future of Digital Print for Packaging to 2020” published

by Smithers Pira, the size of the digital folding carton printing market in Asia (including India) is forecast to grow at a compound average growth rate of 36.9 percent (2015–2020) to reach about 1.08 billion US dollars by 2020.

Note2 A global network of Xerox/Fuji Xerox customers, comprised with the objective of developing business opportunities centered on digital printing Note3 Sales from Hacoplay services alone in the South Korean market About Kyoshin Paper & Package Co., Ltd.

develop services that meet the growing demand of the market for small-lot and short-lead-time package production.

In addition, amid the sluggish overall printing market in Japan, printing companies are seeking to expand their business overseas, but many of them are hesitating to make such an investment by themselves and are being confronted with the challenge of how to minimize risks while offering services that keep abreast with changing market needs.

Advancing into South Korea As the first step of its overseas expansion, Kyoshin Paper & Package has teamed up with DPLUS Co., Ltd., a South Korean printing company who is also a Premier Partner Note2 using Xerox iGen 5 150 Press and other Fuji Xerox production printers. Kyoshin Paper & Package will provide consulting services concerning the production and sales of paper containers and packages, and grant the Korean partner with a franchise for the localized Hacoplay system. DPLUS will commence Hacoplay services in South Korea on August 28.

In the South Korean market, where online ordering and print-on-demand package printing services have not taken hold as strongly as in Japan, DPLUS is seeking to launch the new business efficiently by utilizing the Hacoplay system and knowhow of Kyoshin Paper & Package as well as assistance from Fuji Xerox Korea, Fuji Xerox’s local sales company. DPLUS aims to generate sales of 1.5 billion won (about 1.3 million USD) Note 3 over the next two years.

Kyoshin Paper & Package launched its Hacoplay business in 2011 to offer an online ordering system for smalllot production and printing of fancy boxes and other paper packaging boxes.

Any shape, size, and design can be designated through a Web browser, and packages are printed using Fuji Xerox’s Xerox iGen 4 digital press, Fujifilm’s Jet Press 720S B2 sheet-fed digital inkjet press, and others. Annual sales from the Hacoplay business exceeded 500 million yen within about three and a half years after commencement of the services, and the company’s target is to achieve annual sales of more than 2 billion yen within five years, by 2022.

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The Case Study: Hua Li Da

The Business Industry: Packaging Printing for Cosmetics Goods Name: Hua Li Da Packaging Co Ltd (HLD) Headquarters: Shanghai, China The Challenge - Increase in customer demand requiring short turnaround times.

- Inefficient use of production press to create colour proofs.

- A need to match colour and appearance of the proof with the final product.

The Solution - ORIS Flex Pack // Web system The Results - Successfully delivered accurate and quality colour proofs on short turnaround times.

- Significantly lower overall costs on proofing.

- Improve customer communication and speed up approval process to increase customer satisfaction.

- Actively work with designers to innovate and create specialty packaging, presenting new revenue streams.

How one packaging printing company implemented a cost-effective proofing solution to remain competitive and innovative in China’s burgeoning cosmetics market. By Sha Jumari.

Hua Li Da Packaging Co Ltd (HLD) is a Shanghai-based packaging printing company which focuses on the cosmetics industry. Over the years, the company’s key values of speed, innovation and safety, has allowed it to become an established name within the luxury packaging printing space.

Today, HLD has a staff of 280, and its list of clientele includes a number of domestic and international cosmetics brands.

A report by Research and Markets projected that the global digital printing market for packaging to grow at a CAGR of 10.58% over a period of 2017 to 2021. According to the study, one of the prolific key drivers for this growth is an increased demand for premium packaging. In 2016, the premium packaging market was approximately worth $15 billion, with cosmetics holding a market share by

revenue of 40%. Perfectly positioned to enjoy this wave of demand for premium packaging is HLD. In 2016, the company’s reported turnover was RMB 115 million.

HLD’s stand-out feature to remain competitive in this highly saturated market is its ongoing cooperation with brand owners to constantly innovate and fabricate new packaging designs.

“We’re able to form healthy relationships with cosmetics brands by focusing on researching and developing packaging for fast-moving and luxurious products such as makeup and perfume,” said Luo Ming Hua, general manager, HLD. As business for HLD grew on a steady incline, it began facing production issues particularly at the prepress stage.

Traditionally, the company has been

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CGS had for proofing specially for packaging, which would hold similar benefits and values as digital proofing in the commercial printing space,” said Arthur Kwok, sales director for the Greater China area, CGS. “HLD was looking for a packaginguse digital proofing solution that is not just able to dramatically alleviate the need for off-the-press proofing, but is also flexible and responsive enough to create value to upstream players in terms of package design and development. The Flex Pack // Web is a game-changer that can exactly match proofs and prototypes to press output, at a fraction of the costs of legacy proofing systems, making it the perfect solution for HLD,” Kwok continued.

The system consists of the Roland VersaCAMM VS-300i printer, powered by ORIS Flex Pack // Web software. Utilising CGS’ patented four-dimensional iterative colour management software, the solution, combined with a specially-designed custom interface for the Roland digital press, can provide web-based hard copy and soft proofing in one package.

using its fleet of Heidelberg presses to also produce proofs. However, this method soon proved inefficient as the company struggled to meet increasing customer orders and demands.

“Most often, the sales department has very short notice, especially so during the proofing approval stage. This puts high pressure on the production department to work on very short turnaround times to run the requested proof, and consequently having to reschedule mass production,” said Luo. “An off-the-press proofing job would occupy the press for a full working day. This meant the productivity of the machine during that time was completely wasted and mass production had to give way and wait.”

The Digital Proofing Solution To solve this issue, the company installed the ORIS Flex Pack // Web

system in early 2016, a unique digital printing solution that can produce highly accurate packaging proofs and mock-up reproductions.

“When HLD approached us in mid2015, we were asked what solution

HLD took six months in their decisionmaking process. Due to the high quality required of luxury packaging, it was essential that the proof is the most accurate to the final printed packaging.

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“The Flex Pack // Web is a unique solution in today’s market offering high definition and the closest simulation of the final packaging. Our company is using it as a weapon to provide added value to brand owners. At the same time, we’re able to benefit from lowered production costs, especially the hidden ones,” Luo concluded.

“We had to conduct various testing to make sure that the colour from the proof can be achieved from the press, which is a primary concern. A lot of UV printers that we looked at simply can’t produce the colour quality and visual appearance that we would get from the press. Until we came across the Flex Pack // Web solution,” Luo explained.

The Competitive Edge Upon installing the system, HLD was able to present customers with high quality proofs that is accurate to the colour and appearance of the final packaging. The solution leverages on CGS’ specially developed XG inks, which are formulated for proofing applications. The CMYK set is completely redefined with the addition of orange and green, to significantly expand the colour gamut and making spot colour accuracy easy. The Flex Pack // Web system has a broad media portfolio and is able to print on almost any printing substrate, to produce even the most demanding packaging proofing needs.

The Flex Pack // Web system further facilitates HLD’s active participation in innovating and creating special packaging by working directly with designers of brand owners. Not only does this foster a creative environment between the companies, it also brings in additional revenue streams for HLD. In addition, HLD experienced the benefits immediately as approval times improved. Since HLD no longer

needed to halt mass production to create proofs, they were also able to report lowered overall costs.

“Flex Pack // Web is able to produce accurate colour proof swiftly. Due to the quick turnaround times, communication and comments with our client is in parallel to the production run,” said Luo. “As a result, we’re able to meet with our client demands a lot more effectively, as our response time has been shortened. In addition, we found that the overall production cost has decreased.”

The Flex Pack // Web is a solution that is able to cover all aspects of packaging printing, from flexible, rigid to even labels. The ORIS transfer film is a key feature to allow the physical transfer of contract-proof quality print to literally any substrate common in packaging, even specialty stock like IML film or

Christoph Thommessen, sales director for Asia Pacific, CGS, commented: “Cosmetics packaging is a growth area that is gaining the most traction in Asia Pacific. This is the segment in which a lot of analog printers and converters are turning to digital solutions to be more productive. We’re glad to partner a company that is as revolutionary and forward-looking as Hua Li Da, so that we can also continuously innovate to better serve the evolving market.”

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COST OF PRODUCTION

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With hybrid offset, cost of production needn’t spiral If image changes, shorter runs and quicker turnarounds are becoming your new reality, it’s time to consider Goss Vpak™ hybrid web offset.

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Industrial print production with ErgoTronic AutoRun • • • •

Standard for industrial print production Fully automatic production process without manual intervention Significant productivity increase in commercial and packaging printing Decentralised process monitoring via mobile devices and Rapida LiveApp

Automation of the individual process steps in print production is today more important than ever before. It is in many respects the only way to achieve further significant increases in productivity and competitiveness, by helping to exploit the performance capabilities of pressroom technologies to the full.

A great deal has already happened in this direction – job changeover times are today dramatically shorter, workflows are supported by closedloop processes, and the first users are enjoying the benefits of data-driven services such as performance reports and benchmarking.

The Rapida presses from KBASheetfed already incorporate extensive automation: For top production speeds up to 20,000 sheets/hour, for lightning-fast makeready and even flying job changes, for precise inline quality control, and for increased economic efficiency through reduced non-productive times and minimised

waste. With ErgoTronic AutoRun, KBA-Sheetfed is now able to present the next level of process automation for industrial print production.

Intelligent systems relieve operators ErgoTronic AutoRun starts a job change fully automatically as soon as the production of the previous print job is completed – and then

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Origins & future Thank you for our 200-year success story! Ever since our founding, the trust shown by our customers has encouraged us to tread new paths and to shape the course of the industry with bold ideas. Together with loyal business partners, capable managers and a highly motivated workforce, we have been developing solutions which have defined – and on occasions revolutionised – the world of printing for 200 years. We cannot thank you all enough for making that possible.

It is now time to add a new chapter to the history of our company.

Look forward to the future!

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Two clicks are all it takes to activate autonomous printing at the ErgoTronic console 1 Job change starts at the end of production 2 Production starts at the end of a job change resumes production automatically once the necessary makeready steps are completed. This cycle is then repeated over and over until either the operator cancels the auto-run function or else all the jobs on the prepared job list have been printed. For section changes and web-to-print jobs, it is not even necessary to configure a new makeready process. Start of makeready, job changeover, start of production, colour and register control – all the individual steps are fully integrated and everything is triggered automatically at the appropriate moment. Press crews simply monitor the process sequence and are thus relieved of further routine tasks. They must only place the new plates in the corresponding channels of the plate changers, ensure that the necessary substrates and consumables are available when needed, and then take care of pile changes – insofar as pile changing is not also automated.

The principal field of application for ErgoTronic AutoRun is autonomous printing for the commercial sector – for example short-run jobs or multiple sections for products with high page counts. Language variants are a further possibility. Autonomous printing also benefits online printers with their highly standardised and automated processes. And in packaging, too,

it can be useful to be able to start makeready automatically when the predefined run length is reached, or to return to production without further intervention upon completion of a complex job change.

KBA-Sheetfed laid the foundations for ErgoTronic AutoRun as far back as 2013 with the launch of its awardwinning TouchTronic operating concept. The job changeover program on the ErgoTronic console possesses a very clear and logical structure. The printer sees all the relevant settings at a glance and can initiate a job change with just a single tap on the screen (OneButton Job Change). An interactive job list presents all the currently planned jobs to the operator, who can then re‑arrange the order at any time, for example to group together products which are to be printed on the same substrate or in the same format. Already at this stage, it is possible to enter and configure all the necessary makeready functions for each job.

ErgoTronic AutoRun coordinates the existing automation modules and in this way automates the print process as a whole. At the end of a shift or after processing of the complete job list, the press can be stopped manually in the usual manner.

The console goes mobile with the Rapida LiveApp Operators are similarly more flexible than ever before when it comes to monitoring of the production process.

They can now carry a mobile control console in their pocket. With a smartphone and the Rapida LiveApp, they are always in touch with their press – even while taking a coffee break in the canteen. A glance at the display provides details of the job which is currently in production and how much longer it will take to complete. The press crew can then decide at leisure when they need to be back at the press to load up the plates for the next job, for example.

In addition to the press status, the app provides a raft of live information from the running production, including even energy consumption and the equivalent carbon emissions per 1,000 sheets. With the batch data function, consumables such as paper and ink can be tracked either manually or by way of QR codes and assigned to the relevant job. The place of consumption, for example a certain inking unit, is determined automatically and saved in the data record. Whether inks, substrates, blankets or plates: All data are made available for tracing purposes or inventory management – immediately

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and without further intervention. The data are sent from the mobile device to the console, and automatically passed on via LogoTronic Professional and JMF to the company management information software.

The integrated maintenance manager draws attention to the press care required on the current day, as well as tasks which are scheduled for the coming days. The additional specification of the time needed for each task enables maintenance work to be planned such that it does not disturb production. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions explain the individual tasks to the operator. This further simplifies the maintenance process and avoids all misunderstandings. Each maintenance step can be marked as “done� after completion and the operator can also add individual remarks and comments, where appropriate.

Standards for automation in print It is the continued intention of KBASheetfed to define new standards for sheetfed offset with innovative solutions and proactive services. ErgoTronic AutoRun and the Rapida LiveApp are examples of such standards. They further enhance the capabilities of the presses, take workload off the operators and generally brighten up the work environment with modern operating sequences. In a nutshell: They boost the competitiveness of those print companies who are able to make use of them.

The console goes mobile with the Rapida LiveApp

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Making Print Advertisements to Interactive Experiences With the increasing rise of advertising channels, marketers have to carefully consider where and how to promote their products or services.

Another challenge is the distraction triggered by permanent media consumption.

But the clever combination of different channels is able to turn this into an advantage. The following overview presents two ways of making print advertisements to interactive experiences and gathered some examples illustrating how to engage readers.

With the increasing rise of advertising channels, marketers have to carefully consider where and how to promote their products or services. Another challenge is the distraction triggered by permanent media consumption.

But the clever combination of different channels is able to turn this into an advantage. The following overview presents two ways of making print advertisements to interactive experiences and gathered some

examples illustrating how to engage readers.

Turning Printed Advertisements into Mobile Shopping Carts Many marketing experts aim to make the customer journey as comfortable as possible and get a better ROI. This is how PORTER and Glamour Spain tackled these issues.

Translating Images Into Sales With Porter Net-a-Porter combined their client’s favourite way of finding content with their favourite medium of buying content. According to a customer survey, the fashion online retailer found out that 80 percent of their clients preferred to find fashion inspiration via print fashion magazines. Therefore they reinvented their magazine PORTER by allowing readers to directly shop from the pages. This is possible thanks to an app enabling them to hover a mobile device over the products displayed in the issue.

Then, an icon with a shop function will appear providing information on brand and price. And this concept pays off: In 2015, items were scanned 85,000 times, representing an interaction rate of approximately 78 percent! More on this in our blog article.

Online Purchases Made Easy With G-Live The idea Condé Nast Digital Spain, the publishing house behind the magazine, had in mind when developing the app, was quite similar. In order to provide Glamour readers with new functionalities, the G-Live app converts print advertisements into interactive shopping experiences thanks to an image recognition technology. This technology is integrated into the app and leads readers to videos or online

product pages. As a result, they can instantly purchase the items they fell in love with just after scanning them with the G-Live app.

Printed Advertisements Bring Real and Virtual Life Together Another way of putting printed advertisements to a new level are the versatile opportunities virtual reality tools offer. See how Vespa and Nivea used augmented reality technologies to bring static print content to life.

Creating a Customized Vespa with Augmented Reality The popular Italian scooter company caught their potential customers by letting them personalize their very own Vespa instead of just looking at a printed advertisement. Through an app, the reader can scan the advertisement on any mobile device and gets to know the full variety of options available when designing their custom scooter. Thanks to GPS capabilities, the app is even able to direct them to the nearest Vespa location afterwards. Additionally, social media integration allows them to share their design with friends on Facebook and Twitter Vespa Augmented Reality from 900lbs of Creative on Vimeo.

Old but Gold: Tracking Kids With Nivea In order to let parents better keep an eye on their kids on a crowded beach, the cosmetics brand Nivea published printed advertisements containing a wristband with a built-in locator. After attaching this bracelet around the child’s wrist and downloading an app called “Nivea Protégé”, parents can set the distance that they consider safe. If their child wanders outside this zone, the app sends a notification showing where the child is relative to the parents.

More on this in our blog article.

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Gold & Silver give you infinite creative possibilities Fuji Xerox’s new Color 1000i Press is the industry’s first to offer gold and silver dry ink in a single pass.

Built on the market leading Color 1000 Press platform but now with stunning metallic effects that can deliver increased profitability to your business.

To find out more go to: www.fxap.com.sg/product/production/color_1000i/index.jsp The Color 1000i Press

Xerox, Xerox and Design, as well as Fuji Xerox and Design and Color 1000i Press are registered trademarks or trademarks of Xerox Corporation in Japan and/or other countries.

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Massive growth for Massivit 3D printers Massivit 3D Printing Technologies today announced that its business has grown by almost 350% since the launch of its Massivit 1800 3D Printer at drupa 2016 The exponential success has seen the company secure over 30 customers from 15 countries on five continents.

Since the launch of the flagship Massivit 1800, the company has also grown its worldwide distributor network, now 25-strong, to provide full customer service support and training.

As the world’s only 3D printer specifically engineered for large format signs and displays, the Massivit 1800 empowers companies to produce attention-grabbing applications that surpass those created using traditional methods, while also enhancing their competitive edge.

Among those customers already enjoying such benefits is SuperSize, a dedicated 3D printing subsidiary of Israel’s largest retail specialist, Heidia Group. The Petach Tikva-based company, purchased the Massivit 1800 to extend its business offering to the retail, advertising and exhibition sectors.

“With almost 30 years’ experience in the industry, we have built a reputation as expert craftsmen when it comes to iconic retail displays for many international brands. Maintaining this ability to offer our clients innovative displays, is at the forefront of our business model and is the reason we continue to invest in pioneering technologies,” explains Ofer Gal, Founder and Chairman, Heidia Group.

“With the ability to quickly combine luxury with head-turning appeal, our Massivit 1800 not only adds a new dimension to our portfolio but it’s our solution of choice for statement pieces.

“In fact, we recently produced a 1.8m/ 5.9ft tall flamingo for a luxury private event. Utilising the Massivit 1800’s dual print heads, we 3D printed the

flamingo in just one day. Painted in the famous salmon pink, the model is now housed in the event organiser’s home.

It not only continues to captivate the attention of visitors to the organiser’s home, but has also contributed to increased business.”

In addition, leading Italian digital print house, Sismaprint, has been able to meet its objective to enter new markets since the installation of its Massivit 1800.

“As the first Italian adopters of the technology, we are differentiating our business offering and pushing the boundaries of super-sized applications,” says Oscar Stucchi, President of Sismaprint. “The ability to elevate our existing applications to new heights has seen us increase our customer base and enter the promotional, event and interior decorating markets.”

Offering unrivalled print speeds and dual printing capabilities, the printer can quickly produce premium models up to 1.8m / 6ft high, allowing customers to produce engaging advertisements, unique displays and much more.

“The immediate impact that the Massivit 1800 3D Printer is having on our customers’ ability to grow their business, reflects its ability to successfully fill a technology gap in the market,” says Avner Israeli, CEO, Massivit 3D. “Additionally, it demonstrates that brand or marketing managers within their own customer base are always seeking to maximise their budgets and add as much WOW-factor as possible to their campaigns,” he concludes.

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THE PERFECT CHOICE

FOR EVERY

PRINT ENVIRONMENT

CANON SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 1 Fusionopolis Place #15-10 Galaxis Singapore 138522 Tel: +65-6799 8888 | Fax: +65-6799 8882 | www.canon-asia.com | www.canon.com.sg

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Bobst boosts presence in Vietnam Latest Innovations and market trends highlighted at BOBST & Partners roadshow held in Vietnam

Web-fed, said: “Vietnam is one of the fastest growing markets in South East Asia in terms of flexible packaging and labels consumption; this is mainly focused on internal consumption but also export due to the increased presence of Japanese and international converters serving all South East Asia.”

“BOBST’s strategy is to increase our presence in Vietnam to sustain our sales as in previous years. The strengthening of our Services organisation for Vietnam is currently in progress to support our increasing base of installed machines and serve our customers more efficiently and more rapidly,” he continued.

The edition of the BOBST & Partners roadshow held in Vietnam on 20th April attracted 100 participants from 40 companies at the helm of driving the development of the booming flexible packaging market in Ho Chi Minh City to hear about the latest innovations and trends in flexible packaging and labels.

The by now well-established format brings together industry leaders from across the globe who are driving innovation in the development and expansion of printing processes in the global flexible packaging and labelling industry. During the course of the day, BOBST covered CI flexographic and gravure printing, coating, laminating, vacuum metallization, narrow- and mid-web in-line flexo printing and introduced various printing and converting equipment to help the Vietnamese manufacturers improve efficiency and reduce operating costs by taking advantage of new innovations in the area of production technology.

Partners including Rossini, Daetwyler SwissTec, Siegwerk, Schmid Rhyner, Coim, Jindal Films, DuPont, Esko and Kodak additionally discussed market trends and solutions in their respective

fields, covering the areas of printing, converting, production and finishing.

Bobst reported that feedback from participants was good, and that the topics presented were seen as relevant to the latest trends in the packaging and label industry.

Pavone, Business Development Director of BOBST Business Unit

“We appointed a new agent in 2016, PPMC (Print & Pack Machinery Co. Ltd) to promote the full portfolio of BOBST web-fed equipment in Vietnam and they have been working successfully: key products so far are the best selling RS 5002 press and the new RS 6003 platform for gravure printing, the compact CL 750D and SL 750D duplex laminators, and label production lines such as the MX, M3 and M4 lines.”

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EFI won EDP award for Best Textile Printer The EFI VUTEk FabriVU 180/340 received the EDP Award for the Best Roll-to-Roll Textile Print technology

reused. The lighter weight and ability to fold fabric also significantly decreases shipping and storage costs as compared to more conventional signage.

Judges recognized the EFI™ VUTEk® FabriVU® 180/340 soft signage printer at the 11th Annual EDP Awards ceremony during FESPA 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.

The EFI VUTEk FabriVU series of digital fabric printers offers everything needed to produce high-quality images at true production level speeds, while keeping running cost low and profit opportunity high.

The VUTEk FabriVU printers have proven to be especially successful in helping signage and display companies move into higher-value soft signage display work as it offers an unparalleled combination of productivity and quality with fast speeds and printing resolutions up to 2,400 dots per inch (dpi).

Customers can print dazzling displays, high-density backlit signs and more with ultra-high-resolution four-color printing. Soft signs produced with the printers retain the drape and soft hand customers prefer.

The 1.8m FabriVU 180 and 3.4m FabriVU 340 models also offer the distinct advantage of printing on transfer paper or direct-to-fabric with the same inkset. That capability saves considerable labor and machine downtime compared to other printers when changing from transfer to direct applications, on top of the expense of discarded ink that is wasted when clearing ink lines.

FabriVU-printed graphics that can be washed and dried without wrinkling, folded without leaving marks and

Complementing EFI’s VUTEk FabriVU and Reggiani textile printers is the industry’s only complete endto-end workflow available for signage production, from advanced web-toprint design and eCommerce software that integrates with EFI Fiery® digital front ends offering industry-leading color management and productivity tools, to a comprehensive and certified EFI Midmarket Print Suite MIS/ERP workflow that delivers highly accurate scheduling, estimating, accounting and more for superwide-format graphics production.

EFI VUTEk Hot Picks In addition to the exciting award from EDP, EFI VUTEk printers also recently received coveted Hot Picks Awards from Australian industry publication Print21 Magazine. The VUTEk FabriVU 340 soft signage printer and the VUTEk LX3 Pro hybrid roll/flatbed LED inkjet printer both received the award, which was presented to highlight the top print technologies shown at the recent PacPrint tradeshow in Melbourne.

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The art of inkjet.

Believe it when you see it!

The Fuji Xerox 1400 Inkjet Color Continuous Feed Printing System

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Epson reports record worldwide sales of SurePress Epson America, Inc. announced it has achieved record sales of the SurePress L-4033AW and L-6034VW digital label presses for the fiscal year ending April 30.

Epson America and its global affiliates continued its record-breaking momentum with over 250 SurePress units installed worldwide, including North and South America, Europe and China.

The SurePress L-6034VW is Epson’s first single-pass industrial press. The press is also the first to incorporate Epson’s PrecisionCore linehead technology, and low migration LED UV curing ink. The SurePress L-4033AW is a seven-color inkjet digital label press with White ink, designed for label converters and commercial printers.

16 Konica Minolta Employees Certified as Fogra Digital Print Experts Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia (BSA) is proud to have 16 employees certified as Fogra Digital Print Experts VPC (DPE-VPC). The certification measures a professional's expertise with regards to the latest international colour standards and developments in the world of digital

"Colour accuracy and management is key to quality print, and as a leading company in digital printing, we are constantly investing in this to add value to our customers", said Mr Jonathan Yeo, general manager for Konica Minolta BSA. "We are therefore pleased to have 16 certified Fogra Digital Print Experts in Validation Print Creation (VPC) in the region."

The certified Fogra Digital Print Experts will add value and credibility to Konica Minolta's leadership in production print and industrial print business and customers' business. The DPEs will have the ability to assist customer in installing ISO 12647-8 (VPC) to ensure colour quality and accuracy across digital prints.

Colour Mate Digital adds 3.2-meter Esko Kongsberg C60 for efficiency and diversification Delhi-based signage and display firm Colour Mate Digital installed the Esko Kongsberg C60 3.2-meter digital cutting table in April 2017. They are the first customer in India to purchase this wide Kongsberg multifunctional digital finishing table for signage, display graphics and packaging applications.

Colour Mate needed more speed and support for their diversification strategy into packaging applications, and the Kongsberg table was an ideal solution.

Colour Mate Digital partner Mr. Sandeep Bhutani states, “Our first Kongsberg table—an XN44 installed more than four years ago—has been a wonderful experience for us. As our market grew in volume and we achieved sophistication in design, we needed a faster and more versatile solution for finishing the output

generated on our eight wide format inkjet printers. We evaluated our options, and without hesitation chose the Esko Kongsberg C60 digital cutting table. A huge benefit is its ability to cut vinyl sign boards, ECP, Sunpack foam board sheets, soft textiles, flex, PVC and several other substrates of varying thickness and density.”

Mr. Bhutani adds, “The signage and display market in India is growing at a healthy rate of 22 to 25% annually. Multinational corporations are investing heavily in India for brand-building activities, and this is quite encouraging for digital printing operations like us.” Colour Mate Digital has kept pace with the industry growth; the company has a 10,000-square-foot plant and 40 employees. It produces POP displays, signage, banners and billboards for a broad range of clients including advertising agencies, stand builders and architects. Mr. Bhutani is very optimistic about the company’s future potential for growth since POP signage and displays are an extremely efficient way for consumer product and service companies to target specific audiences.

The new Kongsberg C60 at Colour Mate Digital with automation features, including a roll feeder and conveyor, has increased the company’s daily finishing and converting capacity from 100 to 500 sheets. With the C60’s special knives, router tools and automation, 95% of the materials used for wide format signage and POP displays can be converted with high accuracy quickly.

Future Ready Colour Mate Digital has plans to further enhance its operation by adding Esko’s ArtiosCAD structural design software for corrugated, folding carton, POP, POS, and free standing displays. “The addition of ArtiosCAD will make us future-ready as well as help us design more complicated designs with greater ease and precision,” Mr. Bhutani adds. “It also helps that Esko’s experienced team in India is always ready to help us with its domain expertise and handholding when needed.”

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More Performance. Built in automation plus unique press

technologies take the finite resource of time and multiply it for you. You get more out of every shift and enhanced relationship with your clients.

The Versant™ 2100 Press allows you to manage colour more easily and simply with automated calibration and proofing. The result is higher quality without operator involvement, a positive impact on your productivity as well as your print output.

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With Color-Eye, retailers will be able to help customers accurately match a paint color to a favorite pillow or accent piece, simply by capturing the color on a mobile device. This has the potential to reshape how consumers search, match and purchase goods such as apparel, home décor or cosmetics on mobile devices.”

Always pleased by the success of his customers, Mr. Karan Talwar, Esko India sales leader for North and East India and Bangladesh, takes special joy in helping early adopters. Mr. Talwar says, “Colour Mate Digital has always been a pioneer in adopting the latest and best technology available for the sign and display graphics industry. As an early adopter of digital finishing technology with a Kongsberg XN44 cutting table in 2012, Colour Mate was able to innovate, diversify and grow its business. As one of the earliest wide format and digital inkjet print bureaus to foresee the advantages that highend digital finishing solutions brought to digital printing, it’s a pleasure to see the company notch up another first for the Indian sign and display graphics industry.”

goods with a high degree of color confidence.

Accurate color measurement to smartphones and ecommerce applications

“Color is a deciding factor in a customer’s purchasing decision and can be a leading cause for customer returns,” said Chris Winczewski, Vice President, Strategy and Product Planning, X-Rite. “Color-Eye is the

X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, announced the launch of ColorEye®, a groundbreaking solution that brings accurate color measurement to smartphones and ecommerce applications. Color-Eye uses a smartphone and a color calibration card to help consumers shop for new items that match or complement the color of items they have at home.

It delivers the highest level of color consistency available in a consumer retail shopping application. Cosmetics, home and fashion and retail paint companies can integrate Color-Eye into their existing mobile shopping applications, allowing consumers to search, match and purchase

X-Rite research shows that consumers lack confidence in purchasing colorcritical items online. This uncertainty is typically due to past experiences which did not meet expectations and a difficulty in communicating color from home to store. Consumers expect to be able to simply take a photo of the inspiration color and match it to a desired item. However, digital camera technology alone cannot accurately determine an object’s color, which is affected by lighting, glossiness, texture, angle of view, and sensitivity of the camera. Color calibration tools and color software are required to help overcome these challenges to provide a more color accurate image.

How Color-Eye Works Color-Eye is a slim color calibration card that is used in collaboration with a smartphone application to accurately measure the color of any inspirational item. Color readings are incorporated into a retailer’s mobile shopping application and deliver the consumer a set of matching or coordinating products.

Color-Eye utilizes X-Rite’s expertise to calibrate color values across all lighting conditions. The application, in use with the smartphone, incorporates dual-illumination technology by taking two images with the flash on and off resulting in improved color accuracy.

The calibration card is manufactured with a unique process that creates both glossy bubbles and patches to help account for lighting glare.

Together the calibration card and the X-Rite software help prevent bad color matches due to poor lighting; and guides users as they position the phone to avoid glare. The result is a more reliable color reading that can communicate with a brand or retailer’s ecommerce application and product database to deliver consumers matching or harmonizing products.

“Color-Eye builds on the success of the X-Rite CAPSUREme Cosmetic offering that uses custom printed cards and a smartphone to match skin tones with foundation colors,” continues Winczewski. “With ColorEye, we have taken this technology a step further to account for lighting, texture and gloss in order to reliably match any item a consumer may have at home to find coordinating colors. Color-Eye gives retailers and paint manufacturers the opportunity to build consumer trust by enabling greater confidence in color-critical

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This increases consumer loyalty, reduces returns, and drives purchases of paint and beyond.”

Color-Eye currently supports iPhone SE, 6S, 6S+, 7, 7+; Android Nexus 5; and Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S7, S7 Edge, S7 Active. Additional devices will be supported in the future.

Domino Digital Printing Solutions is targeting the label industry Domino Digital Printing Solutions is targeting the label industry with its latest DFE (Digital Front End) workflow solution designed for the N-Series range of digital colour presses. With improved operating speed and streamlined automation, DFEv2.0 maintains compatibility with the latest Esko code base and can work with a number of VDP (variable data printing) formats. DFEv2.0’s full capabilities will be showcased on the Domino stand at Labelexpo Europe 2017 (Stand 9A60, Brussels Expo, 25th – 28th September 2017).

“Workflow integration is a fundamental component for an efficient digital printing process that should not be underestimated,” explains Simon Howes, Product Manager – Digital Printing Solutions at Domino. “The effective management of press time while optimising print quality needs to be guaranteed, especially for brand-oriented sectors such as labelling and packaging.”

The new screener, Domino ScreenPro, streamlines the workflow by combining several processes into a single JDF workflow, which enhances speed and efficiency as well as enabling full offline VDP operation and additional capabilities within DFEv2.0.

When compared to DFEv1.2, the increase in job processing speeds is

significant, and has a major impact when using multiple page PDF files for variable data printing. For example, the RIP-to-print ratio of the latest version of ScreenPro is four to five times faster than the previous DFE solution.

The introduction of a new JDF workflow means automation is further enhanced. The need for manual file conversions is removed, while key information such as ‘lead-in/lead-out’, ‘copy count by quantity’ or ‘print run length’ can be passed from the DFE directly to the digital press, keeping operator intervention to an absolute minimum.

“While speed and automation are the two features likely to appeal the most to label printers, versatility also has an important role to play,” says Howes.

“The new workflow adds the ability to work with various VDP formats, such as multiple page PDF and PDF/VT files for the printing of variable data, barcodes and 2D barcodes, offering the printer a wider range of options to work with.”

“With this new workflow, Domino is providing labellers with a comprehensive platform for managing integrated production and there is no better place to showcase the benefits of this technology than Labelexpo Europe,” concludes Howes. “We look forward to welcoming visitors to our workflow station on the Domino stand when the show opens in September.”

Breakthrough Scodix E106 enhancement press for the folding carton market Scodix, the world’s leading provider of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, today announces that beta testing for its breakthrough Scodix E106 enhancement press for the folding carton market is happen-

ing on schedule and is underway at Copycenter, the largest folding carton printer in Israel. (See Movie Here) Renowned for state-of-the-art technology, quality standards and consequent customer satisfaction, Copycenter is keen to add digital enhancement to its workflow according to Uri Drori CEO of Copycenter. “The versatile Scodix E106 Digital Enhancement Press is the perfect addition to our portfolio.

The outstanding range of enhancements in a B1 format means we will be able to fulfil all our enhancement jobs on just one platform. Also, working with high profile customers in the beauty category means that shelf appeal is critical to the products we produce. Digital technology will allow us to meet the ever-increasing demand for new applications including versioning and short runs that these products require.”

The Scodix E106 made its debut at drupa 2016 and was developed specifically to deliver enhancement solutions for folding carton converters who need the 1060 x 760mm format.

Unique combinations of enhancements exclusive to Scodix technology provide clear benefits for folding carton converters to differentiate their offering and boost profit margins. As well as a new standard in registration tolerance that will enable new and more complex enhancement designs.

The Scodix E106 press delivers multiple premium quality applications on one platform. These include Scodix Foil™, Scodix Sense™, Scodix Spot™, Scodix Variable Data and Scodix Cast & Cure™. Brand owners can create stunning products using foil over foil, adding Scodix Sense effects over foil, or personalising with Scodix Variable Data Sense or Scodix Variable Data Foil – effects that were previously unachievable in this market.

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The Goss Thallo printing system offers significant advantages for the profitability and environmental requirements of your business. Integrating web offset with flexo, gravure or digital into hybrid configurations means: • • • • • •

Sustainable printing, no solvents (VOC free), environmentally friendly Cost-effective plates and sleeve system Fast make-readies EB cured High print quality on a wide range of substrates Combined inherent advantages from each technology

To find out more, please contact: Goss International Singapore Pte Ltd Tel: +65 6462 4833 Email: derek.low@gossinternational.com

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